uptight
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adjective
- very tense, nervous, anxious, etc.
- overly conventional or strict
See uptight in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ŭpˈtītˈ)
adjective Slang - Tense; nervous.
- Financially pressed; destitute.
- Outraged; angry.
- Rigidly conventional, as in manners, opinions, and tastes: “She sees this headlong, headstrong, plunge into worldliness as a protracted process of shucking the shame of her uptight upbringing” (James Wolcott).
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